Ro Khanna Quotes

Jobless workers, especially those out of work for months and years, don't have the skills to multitask in a fast-paced economy where medical workers need to know electronic record-keeping, machinists need computer skills, and marketing managers can no longer delegate software duties.

I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.

The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.

Growth should take care of the fear of job losses. People will be challenged to do different things. For people who are not up to it, purely based on objective assessment, that's a different issue, which, you do it anyway.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

Moving from corporate banking to retail banking to international banking to supervisory roles has meant completely reinventing myself.

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics. I was not out looking for films, really. I lost interest.

I felt very comfortable moving from aerospace to automobiles.

When I was in MTV, I wasn't really looking out to do films.

I think we do need better training programs, we do need a way to get people from careers that are dead-end into new careers.

I was the first guy from a modelling background to successfully venture into films.

One of the things that motion capture and/or voice acting does is allow you to continue your career, change it, or bring a new aspect to it.

I know so many people who've been through situations where they've gone from one career to another and have had such a tough time because they didn't have any support doing it.

I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.

I knew that my career in dance would come to an end at some point, and transitioning into a career in fitness was a natural progression.

I am naturally very disappointed to have lost my job but immensely proud to have served as Norwich City's manager.

Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time and looking to jump into the business world at a young age was pretty daunting for me.

After two years in TV, I realized that I need a break from 9 to 5 routine work. I just wanted to explore and get back to movies for a while.

We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and get a real job.

When I retired from Aetna, I became part of the private equity world. It turned out to be a natural fit.

I'm almost 40, so it's an awkward time in my career. You kind of hope it comes through and, if not, I'll be a waiter. Awesome.

I've been the longest-serving police commissioner in the history of the department, but it's time in my life to move on. I'm ready for new adventures, new challenges.

I've watched people who were better actors than me disappear, and they're selling insurance now.

When my pop career was over, I was scratching my head, thinking, "God, how am I going to do something after I'm forty?" I was in my mid-thirties, thinking I was on the scrap heap.